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1990 innovation was driven mostly by energy prices. Since then, environmental policies, and, more recently, climate … policies, have accelerated the pace of innovation. The data also indicate that innovation is highly concentrated in three …
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What is the debate on Learning Organizations all about? In this paper we propose to demonstrate that the necessity to adapt to the socio-economic changes that have been transforming the way we think, live, learn and work over the last twenty years, makes of learning a condition of survival for...
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What is the debate on Learning Organizations all about? In this paper we propose to demonstrate that the necessity to adapt to the socio-economic changes that have been transforming the way we think, live, learn and work over the last twenty years, makes of learning a condition of survival for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549161
Technology transfer and innovation are considered major drivers of sustainable development; they place knowledge and … universities, and how they can interact with key actors and institutions involved in 'innovation ecosystems'. Considering various … approaches of innovation and institutional analysis design (IAD), it proposes an institutional model of innovation where …
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conditions, a MNE will establish a foreign subsidiary in a risky world. The firm confronts itself to a choice between the …
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Studies of the stability of international environmental agreements (IEAs) assumed a benevolent government who maximizes social welfare. The aim of our paper is to develop a theoretical framework in which the Governement's decisions are influenced by green and producer lobbies. To this end, we...
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International environmental agreements (IEAs) are increasingly important in a globalized economy. The aim of our paper is study the effect of political pressure groups-lobbies on the size and stability of IEAs. To this purpose we use the framework of two-level games to explain how national...
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Simultaneity between commitment periods (2008-2012) of both International and European Emissions Trading schemes may generate distortions in terms of burden distribution among sectors. There will be two levels of trading (a country and an entity level), which both need to be consistent with one...
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In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of the environment. Public expenditures may either be...
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We study the role of alternative intertemporal preference representations in a model of economic growth, stock pollutant and endogenous risk of catastrophic collapse. We contrast the traditional "discounted utility" model, which assumes risk neutrality with respect to intertemporal utility, with...
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